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- vascular stenosis and aneurysms include vascular stenosis and aneurysms and such prosthesis include stents and stent grafts.
- stents and stent grafts are deployed by endoluminal transport from a site remote from the deployment site. Fixation of the prosthesis at the deployment site is necessary to avoid displacement of the prosthesis.
- Stents are elongated devices, typically of a tubular skeletal metallic structure, with substantial elasticity. Stents may be used to support intraluminal walls and to exert a radial force on a constricted portion of a lumen wall to open a lumen to near normal size.
- a stent-graft typically includes tubular graft material affixed to the inside or outside of a stent and is delivered to the damaged site of a blood vessel via a catheter.
- Endoluminal stent-grafts i.e. stent grafts delivered endoluminally, are often used to repair blood vessels affected by a variety of lesions such as stenoses or aneurysms.
- a stent provides an unobstructed conduit for blood, by-passing a diseased area of the vessel.
- stents and stent grafts have a tendency to move. Such movement may be caused by fluid flow at the deployment site and/or by changing body morphology. In the case of a stent graft, this may lead to leakage around the stent graft.
- One aspect of the invention provides a prosthesis anchor or fixation device, which may be implanted surgically but preferably is adapted to be transported endoluminally to a deployment site in a body lumen.
- the anchor is capable of being deployed and fastened to a lumen wall to receive a mating prosthesis.
- the anchor includes a landing section for securing the anchor at a relatively fixed position in the lumen.
- the anchor further comprises a docking section adapted to receive the mating prosthesis wherein the mating prosthesis extends into the anchor through one end thereof.
- the anchor section may be fastened to the lumen wall by adhesives, staples, sutures, or any other positive fastening means, and thus may be attached in a relatively limited area of non-diseased tissue. Docking of a mating prosthesis in the docking station may then convert a previously untreatable anatomy into a more treatable condition.
- the invention also comprises the combination of such an anchor with a mating prosthesis and a method of securing a prosthesis in a body lumen using such a combination.
- FIG. 1 depicts a section of an abdominal aorta in which is implanted a bifurcated stent graft retained by a pre-placed anchor-docking station;
- FIG. 2 depicts an alternative form of an anchor-docking station and mating stent graft
- an abdominal aorta 100 includes an aneurysm 102 , located below renal arteries 101 .
- the upper end 104 of a bifurcated stent graft 103 is affixed to the short undiseased length 100 a of aorta 100 between renal arteries 101 and aneurysm 102 by engagement with a ridge defining an hour glass mating with a similar configuration in a mating docking section 105 of anchor 106 .
- Anchor 106 also includes a landing section 107 . Landing section 107 is attached to the aortic tissue above aneurysm 102 by double flat head fasteners 108 (as disclosed for example in U.S.
- Such fasteners include a shaft adapted to penetrate the landing section and an adjacent lumen wall with a flat head on each end thereof.
- the upper end 104 of stent graft 103 is thus firmly retained in mating docketing section 105 of anchor 106 , and thereby in aorta 100 , notwithstanding the relatively small amount of healthy tissue in aorta 100 between aneurysm 102 and renal arteries 101 .
- FIG. 2 there is shown an alternative form of anchor landing section 107 .
- mating upper end 104 B of stent graft 103 B is self expanded to be force fit over a sealing ring 109 at the upper end of anchor docking section 105 B causing sealing ring 109 to sealingly receive mating endoluminal prosthesis 103 B.
- a landing section of a prosthetic anchor may be secured to a lumen in which a mating prosthesis is to be deployed, may include any mechanical device comprising biocompatible material and adapted to secure an anchor element to a lumen.
- the forcefit frictional engagement of the ridged upper end 104 of stent graft 103 in docking section 105 , shown in FIG. 1 , or the sealing ring 109 shown in FIG. 2 may be used alone or in combination with each other or with sutures, staples, or with still other types of engagement such as biologic or chemical adhesives interposed between the lumen wall and the anchor landing section. Any of these types of engagements may also be used (alone or in combination) with some other type of engagement.
- Sealing ring 109 may comprise a solid elastomeric gasket made of silicone, polyurethane, or a similar material.
- sealing ring 109 may be an expandable annulus wherein once the prosthesis is placed in contact with it, the expandable annulus may be expanded to fill the space between the docking section and the prosthesis, thereby preventing either section of the device from moving relative to one another.
- a resinous or plastic solidifying material which expands upon injection, as is discussed for example in U.S. Pat. No. 6,395,019 B2, may be used in such an expandable annulus.
- the adhesive may be a pressure sensitive substance that reacts to the contact pressure between the docking section landing area and the lumen wall such that it becomes adhesive once deployment occurs. Still other types of adhesives, such as heat, radiation or chemically activated adhesives, may also be used.
- the anchor may also be secured to the lumen wall by one or more barbs.
- at least two such barbs may be angularly disposed in opposing angular directions on the outer wall of a cylindrical anchor.
- angularly disposed is meant that the barbs, while generally aligned with the axis of the anchor, are offset by at least several degrees, relative to the axis of the cylindrical anchor so that they exert circumferential resistance (in opposite circumferential directions) when an axial force tends to cause the anchor to migrate axially.
- Such oppositely directed barbs may also tend to resist circumferential migratory forces.
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- Many medical conditions are treated by the implantation of a prosthesis in a body lumen. Such conditions include vascular stenosis and aneurysms and such prosthesis include stents and stent grafts. Increasingly, such prosthesis are deployed by endoluminal transport from a site remote from the deployment site. Fixation of the prosthesis at the deployment site is necessary to avoid displacement of the prosthesis. Stents are elongated devices, typically of a tubular skeletal metallic structure, with substantial elasticity. Stents may be used to support intraluminal walls and to exert a radial force on a constricted portion of a lumen wall to open a lumen to near normal size.
- A stent-graft typically includes tubular graft material affixed to the inside or outside of a stent and is delivered to the damaged site of a blood vessel via a catheter. Endoluminal stent-grafts, i.e. stent grafts delivered endoluminally, are often used to repair blood vessels affected by a variety of lesions such as stenoses or aneurysms. In the case of a stenosis, a stent provides an unobstructed conduit for blood, by-passing a diseased area of the vessel.
- Once deployed in a body lumen, such as a blood vessel, stents and stent grafts have a tendency to move. Such movement may be caused by fluid flow at the deployment site and/or by changing body morphology. In the case of a stent graft, this may lead to leakage around the stent graft.
- In some situations, such as in the case of abdominal aortic aneurysums (AAA) this problem is acerbated by the presence of diseased tissue at or near the end of the stent graft, near the renal arteries for example. In view of the foregoing, it would be desirable to have a more positive way of effectively retaining prostheses, such as stents and stent-grafts, particularly in a region of diseased tissue, and thereby more effectively preventing movement of the prosthesis and leakage around an end thereof.
- One aspect of the invention provides a prosthesis anchor or fixation device, which may be implanted surgically but preferably is adapted to be transported endoluminally to a deployment site in a body lumen. The anchor is capable of being deployed and fastened to a lumen wall to receive a mating prosthesis. The anchor includes a landing section for securing the anchor at a relatively fixed position in the lumen. The anchor further comprises a docking section adapted to receive the mating prosthesis wherein the mating prosthesis extends into the anchor through one end thereof.
- The anchor section may be fastened to the lumen wall by adhesives, staples, sutures, or any other positive fastening means, and thus may be attached in a relatively limited area of non-diseased tissue. Docking of a mating prosthesis in the docking station may then convert a previously untreatable anatomy into a more treatable condition.
- The invention also comprises the combination of such an anchor with a mating prosthesis and a method of securing a prosthesis in a body lumen using such a combination.
- It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following figures and detailed description are exemplary, but not restrictive, of the invention.
- For a better understanding of the present invention and the various advantages thereof reference may be made to the following detailed description, and to the accompanying figures, in which common reference numbers identify similar elements in the various figures. In the figures,
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FIG. 1 depicts a section of an abdominal aorta in which is implanted a bifurcated stent graft retained by a pre-placed anchor-docking station; -
FIG. 2 depicts an alternative form of an anchor-docking station and mating stent graft; - As shown in
FIG. 1 , anabdominal aorta 100 includes ananeurysm 102, located belowrenal arteries 101. Disposed just belowrenal arteries 101, theupper end 104 of a bifurcatedstent graft 103 is affixed to the short undiseased length 100a ofaorta 100 betweenrenal arteries 101 andaneurysm 102 by engagement with a ridge defining an hour glass mating with a similar configuration in amating docking section 105 ofanchor 106.Anchor 106 also includes alanding section 107.Landing section 107 is attached to the aortic tissue aboveaneurysm 102 by double flat head fasteners 108 (as disclosed for example in U.S. Patent Application 2004/0044364 A1). Such fasteners include a shaft adapted to penetrate the landing section and an adjacent lumen wall with a flat head on each end thereof. Theupper end 104 ofstent graft 103 is thus firmly retained inmating docketing section 105 ofanchor 106, and thereby inaorta 100, notwithstanding the relatively small amount of healthy tissue inaorta 100 betweenaneurysm 102 andrenal arteries 101. - Referring now to
FIG. 2 , there is shown an alternative form ofanchor landing section 107. In this embodiment matingupper end 104B of stent graft 103B is self expanded to be force fit over asealing ring 109 at the upper end ofanchor docking section 105B causingsealing ring 109 to sealingly receive mating endoluminal prosthesis 103B. - Other types of permanent fixations, by which a landing section of a prosthetic anchor may be secured to a lumen in which a mating prosthesis is to be deployed, may include any mechanical device comprising biocompatible material and adapted to secure an anchor element to a lumen. Thus, the forcefit frictional engagement of the ridged
upper end 104 ofstent graft 103 indocking section 105, shown inFIG. 1 , or thesealing ring 109 shown inFIG. 2 may be used alone or in combination with each other or with sutures, staples, or with still other types of engagement such as biologic or chemical adhesives interposed between the lumen wall and the anchor landing section. Any of these types of engagements may also be used (alone or in combination) with some other type of engagement. -
Sealing ring 109, as shown inFIG. 2 , may comprise a solid elastomeric gasket made of silicone, polyurethane, or a similar material. In an alternative embodiment,sealing ring 109, may be an expandable annulus wherein once the prosthesis is placed in contact with it, the expandable annulus may be expanded to fill the space between the docking section and the prosthesis, thereby preventing either section of the device from moving relative to one another. A resinous or plastic solidifying material, which expands upon injection, as is discussed for example in U.S. Pat. No. 6,395,019 B2, may be used in such an expandable annulus. - Where an adhesive is used, the adhesive may be a pressure sensitive substance that reacts to the contact pressure between the docking section landing area and the lumen wall such that it becomes adhesive once deployment occurs. Still other types of adhesives, such as heat, radiation or chemically activated adhesives, may also be used.
- The anchor may also be secured to the lumen wall by one or more barbs. For more secure fastening, at least two such barbs may be angularly disposed in opposing angular directions on the outer wall of a cylindrical anchor. By angularly disposed is meant that the barbs, while generally aligned with the axis of the anchor, are offset by at least several degrees, relative to the axis of the cylindrical anchor so that they exert circumferential resistance (in opposite circumferential directions) when an axial force tends to cause the anchor to migrate axially. Such oppositely directed barbs may also tend to resist circumferential migratory forces.
- In as much as the anchor and mating prosthesis of this invention are best adapted for endoluminal placement, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for that purpose, each would be adapted for endoluminal delivery. Specifically each would have a compressed configuration, in which they would be loadable and deliverable through a catheter introducer, and an expanded configuration, to which they would be converted on deployment, either by balloon expansion or by self expansion.
- Although illustrated and described herein with reference to specific embodiments, the present invention is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown. Rather, various modifications may be made in the details within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims and without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, although illustrated and described herein with reference to AAA prostheses and stent graft applications, it should be understood that the apparatus and methods of this invention may be useful in any lumen, vascular or non-vascular, non-branched, bifurcated, or having multiple branches.
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